I went to my barber today. Inevitably, we talked about Covid. She expressed her fear, that current restrictions may become permanent, and we could lose our personal liberties for ever. The Prisma’s Memoirs. October 2020.   Steve Latham   It was, she felt, an opportunity, which the state is taking […]

“Decadence” is usually a term used by right-wing people to castigate individuals and societies with whom they disagree, and whose lifestyle they disapprove of.   Steve Latham   The arts are frequently said to be in decline, embodied in paradoxical trends: a lack of originality and repetition of the past, […]

The young people who are critical for any city’s prosperity are leaving London. Property prices, rents and sales are rising so astronomically, that only the super-rich are able to live in there.   Steve Latham   Gentrification often prices people out of inner city areas. Now central London is being […]

It’s interesting when commentators from both Left and Right advance a common description and diagnosis of what is wrong with society. It makes you think there may be something in it.   Steve Latham   What I’ve noticed is the concept of ‘demoralization’. It’s used in two ways. Firstly, it […]